The league has started from humble beginnings, which requires many of the athletes to work full or part-time day jobs to support themselves. The following is a glimpse into the lives of members of the Boston Pride and the lives they lead on and off the ice.

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Early in 2015, the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) announced its inaugural season with four founding franchises in New York, Buffalo, Boston, and Connecticut. Featuring some of the best female hockey talent in the world, the NWHL would become the first U.S. women’s hockey league to pay its players a salary.

Gigi Marvin plays defense for the Boston Pride. Her decorated hockey career includes two Olympic silver medals with Team USA in 2014 and 2010 at the games in Sochi, Russia and Vancouver, B.C. In addition to her Olympic hardware, Marvin is a two-time NWHL All-Star and the reigning 2016 NWHL Defensive Player of the year.

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GIGI MARVIN is an active member of her church, the Community of Faith Christian Fellowship.

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BRITTANY OTT works as an EMT for Fallon Ambulance Service based in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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Brittany Ott is the starting goalie for the Boston Pride and was the 2016 NWHL Goaltender of the Year. Prior to joining the Boston Pride, Ott played for the Boston Blades of the CWHL, where she was a member of the 2015 Clarkson Cup championship team.

JORDAN SMELKER spends her time working at Haemonetics in Braintree, Massachusetts as a biomedical engineer. In the lab, Jordan works on research and development for blood management devices.

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JORDAN SMELKER is a forward for the Boston Pride, and helped the team win the 2016 Isobel Cup. Before her time in the NWHL, Jordan spent two years playing for the CWHL’s Boston Blades, capturing the Clarkson Cup in 2015.

HILARY KNIGHT is a name that transcends the NWHL. She plays forward for the Boston Pride and was the NWHL’s leading scorer in 2015-2016. Unlike many players in the league, Hilary Knight is a full-time professional athlete who is able to support herself through hockey.

As a new league, the NWHL faces the challenge of reaching new audiences to grow its fan base. To promote women’s hockey and the league, many of the athletes allocate some their time to serve as NWHL ambassadors. Playing in events like Red Bull Open Ice, an exclusively female 4 on 4 pond hockey tournament in downtown Boston, gives the NWHL and its players exposure, putting them in front of media outlets and spectators who may not normally see the game.

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The Isobel Cup is the most prestigious trophy in women's professional hockey. Last year, the Boston Pride won the cup convincingly against the Buffalo Beauts. This year, despite multiple losses to the Pride in the regular season, Buffalo came out firing. For three periods they executed their game plan and won their first Isobel Cup by a score of 3-2.

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After completing a 16-1 regular season, the Boston Pride faced off against the Buffalo Beauts on Sunday, March 19th for the 2017 Isobel Cup. The trophy is named after Lord Stanley’s (of the NHL Stanley Cup) daughter, Lady Isobel, who was one of the first women to play hockey.

“I hope to accomplish leaving behind a sustainable professional women’s hockey league, whatever that looks like. We have a lot of work to do, but I’m confident in the group that we have right now, and our leadership group that we’ll be able to attain something that’s special. We can look back and be very proud of our legacy that we left.”
– Hilary Knight